Little Sweden USA

Local artists and craftspeople will open their Lindsborg studios to visitors on Saturday, April 23rd, from 11:00 am to 5:00pm.

On display will be examples of painting, printmaking, ceramics, metal work, weaving, woodcarving and design, jewelry, handcrafted canoes, photography, Swedish folk design and more.

A complete list of studios and galleries that are participating is available in the extended entry area (click on “Continue reading …” below).

9th ANNUAL SMOKY VALLEY ARTISTS’ STUDIO OPEN HOUSE
SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 2005
11:00 A.M. TO 5:00 P.M.

RAY KAHMEYER STONEWARE POTTERY STUDIO at 429 S Chestnut. Open 1-6pm today.

NORMAN MALM, woodcarving at ANTON PEARSON’S STUDIO at 505 S. Main. Open 12-5pm today.

SALLY JOHNSON painting AND JIM JOHNSON Swedish Christmas Trees at 134 S Third.

BRIAN HOLDSWORTH ARTIST BLACKSMITH STUDIO, 426 S. Main.

SMALL WORLD GALLERY, 127 N. Main: JIM RICHARDSON, photography,
KATHY RICHARDSON, jewelry design

BETH WALKER, Hand-woven Clothing and Accessories at ELIZABETH’S 110 N. Main.

RON MICHAEL, ceramics, at 715 N First.

LEE BECKER, painting, prints, at 731 N Main.

JULIE UNRUH, tiles, jewelry, painted furniture art
at 127 S. Washington (in the back).

BRICK STREET GALLERY, 129 N. Main:
JIM TURNER , photography.

LESTER RAYMER’S RED BARN STUDIO, 212 S.
Main: Viola Lehman, watercolor; Janet Dove, quilting;
Mark Kozubowski, walking sticks.

STEVE SPENCER, canoes and SANDY SPENCER,
photography at QUIET CANOES, 202 S Third.

At Marquette, Kansas:

ARTSPACE, 115 N. Washington, Marquette:
RICH THBODEAU, painting; MRI PILAR, assemblages;
NICHOLE THIBODEAU, painting.

Featured artists’ studios will be marked by balloons
and an Open House sign.

This year’s event will feature a drawing with prizes.
Sign up at featured artists’ studios.

GALLERIES, MUSEUMS, RETAIL AND PUBLIC ART OPEN TODAY

COURTYARD GALLERY at 125 N. Main. 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. today. Represents over 100 artists including Lindsborg area artists, John Presley; John Bergers; Helen Weaver; Maleta Forsberg; Betty Jo Houchen; Bob Lindholm; Susan Whitfield Lundgren; and Mindy and Greg Rhoades.

BOUQUET SHOPPE at 103 N. Main. Open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Artists include: Ann Eitel and Marcella Oakes.

SWEDISH CRAFTS 135 N Main. Open 9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Represents many artist’s including original work by Lindsborg artists Kathy Peterson; Jim Johnson; Sally Johnson; Suzie Swanson; Helen Koons Gragert and Rita Sharpe. They carry books by the Lindsborg “writers group” and five other Lindsborg authors.

ELIZABETH’S at 110 N. Main. Open 10-5 p.m. Hand-woven clothing by Elizabeth Walker. Weaving demonstrations today.

BIRGER SANDZEN MEMORIAL GALLERY at 401 N. First Street. 1-5 p.m. 106th Midwest Art Exhibition
Light, Contrast Design and Movement, watercolor paintings by Mary Lou Sunderland of Hutchinson. Bronze and Clay, bronze and clay sculpture by Nancy Kemper Tapp of Wichita. The Prairie: Land and Community, panoramic photographs by George Jerkovich of Salina. Vessels from the Osage Orange Ceramic Series, sculptural clay vessels by Ron Michael of Lindsborg. Aquatint Prints by Charles Capps, aquatint prints by a founding members of the Prairie Print Makers. Etchings by John Taylor Arms, detailed etchings collected by Birger Sandzen and C. Pelham Greenough, 3rd by John Taylor Arms. Old Master Prints Collected by C. Pelham Greenough, 3rd from the Collections of the Sandzen Gallery.

SANDZEN STUDIO at 421 N. First beside the Sandzen home. Tours from 2 to 3:30 p.m

LESTER RAYMER’S RED BARN STUDIO at 212 S. Main. Open today 11am- 5 p.m. (No admission today). Museum Store includes work of Julie Unruh, Ray Kahmeyer, Janie Tubbs, Dan Gottneid, Nanetta Bananto.

SMALL WORLD GALLERY, 127 N. Main Street. Featuring photographs and cards by National Geographic photographer Jim Richardson; oils by Don Weddle; oils and linoleum cut prints by Lee Becker; works in stoneware clay by Ron Michael; display quilting by Janet Dove; jewelry by Kathy Richardson , gouache painting by Phyllis Newson, Jennifer Mauser, Sharon Coffman and others; and new hand made handbags by Susan Alexander and others. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

BRUNSWICK PLAZA, 202 S. Main. Featuring Eric Monder, artist, filmmaker; Kathi Patterson, filmmaker, photographer.

ARTSPACE, 115 N. Washington, Marquette, KS. Artists include: Rich Thibodeau, painting; Mri Pilar, assemblages; Nichole Thibodeau, painting.

THE WESTSIDE GALLERY, 131 North Main. Includes Ernie Allen, ceramics, Eldon Swensson, watercolor, Gene Holdsworth, chip carving and Jennifer Hopp, painted glass.

BRICK STREET GALLERY, 129 N. Main: Jim Turner, photography; Caroline Kahler, ceramics.

MINGENBACK ART CENTER, BETHANY COLLEGE, corner of Second and Olsson.

BUTCHER, BAKER, and CANDLESTICK MAKER, 130 N. Main, Marjie Anderson, handmade candles; Scott Anderson, ceramics; Sandy Spence, photography and cards; Donna Sandberg, quilts and weavings.

LINDSBORG STATE BANK, 201 S. Main, Dorman Lehman, photography

ADITIONAL COPIES AVAILABLE AT PARTICIPATING STUDIOS AND GALLERIES